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Due to been unable to ask a C programming language expert or
advanced user in person I'm posting this simple question
about my C code, today I was refreshing my C with exercise
5.4 ...

Is it possible to use programs with MPI for example blender?
Is it a mpi program by only adding the source file "mpi.h" or is there any way to simply convert an existing program for the use with mpi?
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I thought I understood what the term Unix programming meant, but now, after reading about it in a kernel/C programming context, I feel like I need to clarify the meaning of this term.
It is not clear ...

So here's the thing, and it's really just conceptual so don't let it bug you:
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Screen does the ...

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$crypt=perl ...

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When referring to commands in tutorials, man pages, and articles I see authors use the backtick and single quote in this way:
`./configure'
`make'
I believe I have seen gcc denote points of failure ...

I have a file, which contains lines of function name, now I want to use them for code auto completion, and only for file names end with .XXX.
How should I do it, is it possible to work with ctags or ...

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I've downloaded drjava-stable-20100816-r5366.jar file which is the drjava version for Linux. How do I install it on my machine?
I'm running Ubuntu 11.10.
I have OpenJDK Java 6 runtime and Sun Java 6 ...

Ok here is the deal after playing with Linux distros for best part of 4 years, I have a great urge learn some coding. However I'm a bit undecided as to which programming language to begin with. Word ...